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High Court raps Tamil Nadu government over water crisis in Chennai
Taking note of the severe water crisis looming in the state, the Madras High Court has come down strongly on the Tamil Nadu government for not taking adequate steps to battle the crisis. The court has now sought a state-wide compreh...

Monsoon makes slowest progress across India in 12 years (source: Times of India)
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) records show that this year's monsoon has so far been the slowest progressing monsoon in the past 12 years.
The monsoon has currently reached just about 10 to 15% of the c...

Urban India needs to take air pollution more seriously than it does now. The Centre for Science and Environment’s report, State of India's Environment 2019 has come up with startling facts on the state of air in the country. “Air pollution is responsible for 12.5 percent of all deaths in India. ...

I am from Chennai and live in an apartment with three blocks, for all the blocks submersible pump is installed and working fine. Two of blocks have no problem in pulling up the water but my block has problem in pulling up the water. The plumber informed us that the water level is low and the pump pu...

Ganga laden with high proportion of antibacterial agents: Study
As per the study Assessment of Water Quality and Sediment To Understand Special Properties of River Ganga conducted by the Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering and Research Institute (NEERI), the Ganga river water has a sign...

NGT seeks report on constitution of Biodiversity Management Committees
The National Green Tribunal has ordered the environment ministry to submit a report on the constitution of Biodiversity Management Committees (BMC) at the local level in every state within three months. Taking note of blatant no...

India could witness near-normal monsoon this season: IMD
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that this year, the rainfall in the four-month season from June to September is likely to be 96 percent of the 50-year average of 89 cm with a model error of +/-5 percent. As per IMD, th...

Hello,
I am a resident in Chennai and would like to hear your response regarding a query as below:
Is it correct and allowed to dispose the water from the STP (in a residential complex) to the trench/stormwater drain facility located within the same complex? What I understand is that the STP dispo...

Hello,
I have a borewell at my home. The daily yield of this borewell is very less so I would like to inspect the borehole through a borewell camera to understand the real problem of the bore. Kindly share the contact of person/organistaion who does the borehole endoscopy using camera in Chenn...

Hi,
My borewell in Nanmangalam, Chennai is 100 ft deep. While taking the pipe out of borewell it got stuck at 20 ft. I need someone to help either to put a camera and look at what is going on and pull out the pipe. Any contact or agency in Chennai who are specialized in doing this work? Please repl...

NGT slaps a fine of Rs 100 crore on TN government for failing to restore Chennai's waterways
Taking note of the consistent failure of the state in restoring the Chennai waterways—Adyar, Cooum and Buckingham Canal—the National Green Tribunal has slapped a fine of Rs 100 crore on the Tamil Nadu g...

Centre mandates NOC for using groundwater for infra projects
Taking note of the precarious state of groundwater in the country, the environment ministry has made it mandatory for infrastructure projects to seek no objection certificate from the Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA) before using grou...

Human activities are taking a heavy toll on country's resilience to drought
According to a recent study by the Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (IITI), out of the 634 districts in the country, only 241, that is 38 percent of the districts, are resilient to drought or dry conditions. The ...

Dear Sir,
I am unable drill below 60 ft in Chennai, Manapakkam area. The local drillers refused to drill below this level as their drill bit is getting obstructed by the small stones. They worry their bit may be damaged. I tried twice with different drillers and failed both times at this depth. The...

I am trying to understand if any area in Chennai gets clean metro water through out the year which end user can consume by letting it to their sump directly. Central Chennai is currently facing acute water shortage and as far as I enquired looks most of them gets intermittent supply, that too metro ...

I am from central Chennai and groundwater level in our area has drastically reduced, wo have to depend on other sources (Lorry and Metro water). Metro water often gets polluted so we are looking for control valve open/close by observing the flow through hand pump before letting it to the sump. The c...

Hi,
I live in a flat comprising of about nine houses. We live in Maduravoyal, Chennai. Due to scarcity of water from well, we dug 100 feet borewell pump in which water started flowing from 20 feet itself. Hose is set at 80 feet because of more dust particles and we pump water using 1HP jet pump fro...

The soakpit is getting filled quickly, especially during rainy season. As it has been happening regularly, we created a new tank recently. It is also filling in two days. Septic tank is ok now and require emptying once in two months. Could you provide any suggestion please ?

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During the monsoon, temple tanks in Chennai fill to the brim with water, helping in groundwater recharge.

Besides showcasing the architectural expertise and aesthetics of their time, temple tanks also play an extremely important role as water storage systems in Chennai. Chennai has 39 temple tanks (excluding the suburban area) according to a study conducted in 2008. As the rains arrived, a few temple tanks in the city were filled to the brim with water, thus helping in groundwater recharge while offering a spectacular view for devotees.

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Posted By : Anonymous (not verified)

Posted Date : Tue, 2019-08-20 01:55

The only place for building rainwater harvesting structure within an apartment site is the stilt parking area with a 10 ft roof.

Are there restrictions in building RWH structure of 3ft dia width and 10ft deep within the apartment stilt parking area in Chennai? With this type of recharge pit, we are apprehensive about whether all this water underground will affect pillars or the foundations of the construction? We do not have any other open area outside to build this recharge pit.

The Jal Shakti Ministry has proposed a pilot project for spring inventory and rejuvenation in the Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, and has suggested that similar projects of springs management be taken up in rest of the country with the active involvement of several other ministries.

Chennai had a severely deficient monsoon in 2018 with 40% less rain than normal. Since then, the city has been bracing itself for a water crisis. But clearly not enough had been done and the severe water scarcity this summer has been a wake-up call for people, highlighting the urgency of finding ways to use their water resources better.

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Posted By : Anonymous (not verified)

Posted Date : Fri, 2019-08-02 13:15

Hello,

As a part of my master thesis I formulated a survey based on the scope and the shortlisted technologies. It's about 10 criterias to grade them comparatively.

Ours is a gated community with 160 apartments covered around 1.5 Acres in Thoraipakkam, OMR, Chennai. We digged borewell in our apartment. It was manual borewell and no machine used. Borewell guys stopped digging at 26 feet due to presence of salt water. We have placed rings around the bore but we are not sure if the borewell water received is the fresh water or its water seepage through subsoil. Some people here say its subsoil water seeping into the bore. We are able to find water even if we dig for 10 feet in our area. Please help us in this.